About Brian Hickey

Hi, I'm Brian Hickey, editor of WHYY/NewsWorks' new mayoral-election blog called NinetyNine. (November's winner will be Philadelphia's 99th mayor.) The mission is simple: Get readers up to speed with what's going on during any given campaign day (while providing a laugh and knowledge through the lens of someone who once managed John Dougherty's state-senate campaign). You can reach me via email at bhickey@whyy.org, on Twitter at @MayorNinetyNine or by phone at (215) 351-1293. (Send Northwest Philly-focused pitches along to Neema Roshania, nroshania@whyy.org, who will be leading the hyperlocal charge in my absence.)

Representatives from all walks of Philadelphia Eagles organizational life will flock to a Northwest Philadelphia school on Monday for the Eagles Youth Partnership's 18th annual "Playground Build" effort.

"Students from Prince Hall School will join the team in painting colorful exterior and interior murals, inlaying mosaic tiles on benches and tables, constructing a large play structure and planting gardens," a press release stated. "A turf field will also be installed to provide the children with an area to play field sports."

Prince Hall School, an elementary school located several blocks from East Germantown's Imhotep Institute Charter High, serves 560 students from pre-K to the fifth grade.

Eagles front-office executives, coaches, players, cheerleaders and even the mascot Swoop are expected to be on hand. The school building itself is also getting brightened with some help from the Mural Arts Program.

NewsWorks will have a full report from the event early next week.

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Players, executives and a mascot at the site of the 17th annual Playground Build last year. (Courtesy of EYP)

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